Trouble Is My Business
2001-10-07 05:21:00+02 by
Dan Lyke
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Phil and Bill got me reading some Raymond Chandler, in the form of Trouble Is My Business![[Wiki]](/adbanners/lookingglass.png)
, four Philip Marlowe novellas. Chandler is weird because I keep thinking "wow, this is really cool writing", but have trouble finding any one-liners, because it all blends into the total story so well. A sample:
The girl tilted her head and poured half a tumbler of whiskey down her throat.
She sighed, said, "Goddam," in a casual voice, and curled up on a davenport.
It took all of the davenport. She had plenty of legs. her gilded toenails winked
at me from the shadowy corner where she kept herself quiet from then on.
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#Comment made: 2002-02-21 06:32:56+01 by:
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If you decide to try one of the novels, I suggest "The Big Sleep". Although all were good it's my favorite. It was also made into a great movie with Bogart and Bacall. The DVD has two different versions and an interesting documentary about how that came about.
Sometimes I can't help grinning at Chandler's language. In the hands of a lesser writer it would be corny, but he pulls it off.
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